Dell DM5500 5.14.0.0, contain a Plain-text Password Storage Vulnerability in the appliance. A local attacker with privileges could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to the disclosure of certain service credentials. The attacker may be able to use the exposed credentials to access the vulnerable application with privileges of the compromised account.
Storing a password in plaintext may result in a system compromise.
The product transmits or stores authentication credentials, but it uses an insecure method that is susceptible to unauthorized interception and/or retrieval.